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from SURFING):
Jul. 2, 2006:
UK financial watchdog monitoring credit default swaps and loan trading markets
Jul. 2, 2006:
Petronas of Malaysia and China National Petroleum planning $2bn investment each in Russian oil giant Rosneft
Jul. 2, 2006:
Noël Forgeard stepped down as chief executive of Airbus parent EADS
Jul. 2, 2006:
Veteran buy-out chief and co-founder of Texas Pacific Group eyes Asia takeovers
Jul. 1, 2006:
Wal-Mart reports 1.2 percent gain in June
Jul. 1, 2006:
Boeing CEO sees honeymoon in corporate performances
Jul. 1, 2006:
Negotiations on a global trade treaty ended in disarray Saturday
Jun. 30, 2006:
UPS Inc. and its pilots union have reached a tentative agreement
Jun. 30, 2006:
Crude oil futures briefly surpassed $74 a barrel Friday
Jun. 30, 2006:
Stocks ended a turbulent second quarter with a moderate decline Friday
Jun. 30, 2006:
Congress has taken a major step toward allowing oil and gas drilling in coastal waters
Jun. 30, 2006:
Arcelor investors on Friday rejected a planned alliance with Severstal of Russia
Jun. 29, 2006:
Retirees with company-sponsored medical benefits face higher costs
Jun. 29, 2006:
Verizon Wireless plans to prorate the fee it charges subscribers who break a contract
Jun. 29, 2006:
Interest rates on 30-year mortgages rose for a third straight week
Jun. 29, 2006:
Shares of Duke Energy Corp. surged Thursday following word that the company plans to spin off its natural gas businesses
Jun. 29, 2006:
US economy sprang out of a year-end rut and zipped ahead in the opening quarter of this year at a 5.6 percent pace
Jun. 27, 2006:
Intel agreed to sell its division that makes processors for handheld devices in a $600 million deal with Marvell Technology
Jun. 27, 2006:
Sales of existing homes fell for the seventh time in nine months
Jun. 27, 2006:
GM plans to offer 0% financing on many of its vehicles to clear inventory
Jun. 27, 2006:
A federal judge ruled that prosecutors violated the rights of 16 former KPMG partners
Jun. 27, 2006:
Paulson likely will be approved quickly by the U.S. Senate
Jun. 27, 2006:
Nissan sales in Japan were likely to fall short of targets this year by 5 per cent
Jun. 27, 2006:
The possible break-up of NTT delayed till 2010
Jun. 27, 2006:
erman business sentiment has hit a 15-year high
Jun. 26, 2006:
About 35,000 hourly workers at General Motors Corp. have taken buyout or early retirement offers
Jun. 26, 2006:
Beijing's chief government auditor has uncovered criminal conduct involving funds worth $1.1bn
Jun. 26, 2006:
Sales of new U.S. homes again defied predictions of a slowdown in May and rose 4.6 per cent
Jun. 25, 2006:
Arcelor OKs Mittal bid
Jun. 24, 2006:
Televisa group plan to acquire Spanish-language broadcaster Univision
Jun. 24, 2006:
Ukraine and Russia may go at each other again on gas deal
Jun. 24, 2006:
U.S. court disappoints SEC on hedge fund rule
Jun. 23, 2006:
Federal appeals court overturned SEC supervision of hedge funds
Jun. 23, 2006:
Stocks edged higher Friday in cautious trading even after durable goods data shows drop
Jun. 22, 2006:
Mexico will repay $7 billion in debt to the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank
Jun. 22, 2006:
Federated agreed to sell Lord & Taylor to NRDC Equity Partners LLC for almost $1.2 billion in cash
Jun. 22, 2006:
The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states post the largest external fiscal surplus
Jun. 22, 2006:
Kuwaiti opposition parties will oppose a government attempt to raise oil production
Jun. 22, 2006:
Japan's trade surplus widened 35.2 percent
Jun. 22, 2006:
First-time U.S. unemployment claims rose by 11,000 last week to a total of 308,000
Jun. 22, 2006:
The Turkish parliament will remove a 15 percent withholding tax for foreign investors before the end of June
Jun. 22, 2006:
Russia will repay all of its remaining $22 billion of debt to the Paris Club by August
Jun. 22, 2006:
New Zealand's current account deficit widened to 9.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter
Jun. 20, 2006:
Chinese oil company Sinopec Corp. will buy a BP Amoco PLC affiliate in Russia, Udmurtneft
Jun. 20, 2006:
Producer price inflation in Germany increased in May at its fastest pace in 24 years
Jun. 20, 2006:
U.S. home construction rose 5 percent in May after a 13-month low
Jun. 20, 2006:
Six oil companies are being fined for anti-competitive sharing of information
Jun. 20, 2006:
Kroger reported its strongest quarterly sales growth for over five years
Jun. 20, 2006:
Warner Music has signed a deal with China Unicom, the Chinese mobile phone operator, to sell music to Chinese wireless users
Jun. 20, 2006:
US builders started work on more new homes than expected in May
Jun. 19, 2006:
Oil falls below $69 a barrel over possible Iran truce
Jun. 19, 2006:
Stocks advanced in early trading Monday on news of a joint venture between Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG
Jun. 19, 2006:
chocolate-maker Nestle AG said Monday it will fatten up its weight-loss business by buying Jenny Craig Inc. for $600 million
Jun. 18, 2006:
Delta Air Lines will move to terminate its pilot pension plans
Jun. 18, 2006:
Auto parts supplier Delphi has reached an agreement with its second-largest union and GM
Jun. 18, 2006:
Toyota is looking at two sites in Tennessee
Jun. 18, 2006:
Goldman Sachs ready to announce new presidents and co-chief operating officers
Jun. 18, 2006:
BP chief executive Lord Browne, have said there is plenty of oil refining capacity
Jun. 18, 2006:
BP chief executive Lord Browne, have said there is plenty of oil refining capacity
Jun. 18, 2006:
Home Depot has become the largest US company to acknowledge having awarded backdated stock options to executives,
Jun. 10, 2006:
Hedge funds lost more than 1% in May
Jun. 10, 2006:
South Korea’s Board of Audit and Inspection likely to refer Lone Star Funds’ to prosecution
Jun. 10, 2006:
LME dealers focus on Chinese trades
Jun. 10, 2006:
Unstable mix of greed in copper pit
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